Donald William "Bobo" Beaupre (born September 19, 1961, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Beaupre in his 17 seasons (1981–1997) in the NHL played for four teams: the Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals, Ottawa Senators, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

[edit] Playing career

Beaupre emerged as a goaltender in the OHA for the Sudbury Wolves. In 1979–80 he won 28 games and was named to the league's first All-star team.

As one of the top rated goalies in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Beaupre didn't last very long and was claimed 37th overall by the Minnesota North Stars. In 1981 with Minnesota, Beaupre split goaltending with Gilles Meloche and in his rookie year appeared in the 1981 All-Star Game (his other All-Star appearance would come in 1993), and although Minnesota would lose the series, recorded a 5–3 win in Game 4 of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals against the powerful New York Islanders.

Traded in 1989 to the Washington Capitals, Beaupre continued to play well and benefit from Washington's solid defense in the early 1990s. He led the NHL with five shutouts in 1990–91, then won a career-high 29 games the next year. By the mid-'90s, the Capitals were looking to Olaf Kolzig to lead them in goal. Beaupre was shipped to the weak Ottawa Senators where he saw plenty of rubber in 71 games over two seasons. Beaupre became the first Ottawa netminder to register a shutout. By the time he was traded to Toronto in 1995–96, the veteran's reflexes were disappearing with age. He retired in 1997 after spending most of the season with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL.

According to a 2006 issue of The Hockey News, Beaupre currently owns an aerial lift equipment company in Minneapolis.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Regular season

 Season   Team                        Lge    GP   Min   GA  EN SO   GAA   W   L   T   Svs    Pct ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1978-79  Sudbury Wolves              OHA    54  3248  259   1  2  4.78   0   0   0     0  0.000 1979-80  Sudbury Wolves              OHA    59  3447  248   3  1  4.32  28  29   2     0  0.000 1980-81  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    44  2585  138   4  0  3.20  18  14  11  1175  0.895 1981-82  Nashville South Stars       CHL     5   299   25   1  0  5.02   2   3   0   150  0.857 1981-82  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    29  1634  101   0  0  3.71  11   8   9   805  0.889 1982-83  Birmingham South Stars      CHL    10   599   31   0  0  3.11   8   2   0   300  0.906 1982-83  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    36  2011  120   0  0  3.58  19  10   5   928  0.885 1983-84  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    33  1791  123   0  0  4.12  16  13   2   848  0.873 1984-85  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    31  1770  109   0  1  3.69  10  17   3   825  0.883 1985-86  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    52  3073  182   0  1  3.55  25  20   6  1508  0.892 1986-87  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    47  2622  174   4  1  3.98  17  20   6  1261  0.879 1987-88  Minnesota North Stars       NHL    43  2288  161   1  0  4.22  10  22   3  1095  0.872 1988-89  Baltimore Skipjacks         AHL    30  1715  102   0  0  3.57  14  12   2   757  0.881 1988-89  Kalamazoo Wings             IHL     3   179    9   0  1  3.02   1   2   0     0  0.000 1988-89  Minnesota North Stars       NHL     1    59    3   1  0  3.05   0   1   0    22  0.880 1988-89  Washington Capitals         NHL    11   578   28   1  1  2.91   5   4   0   240  0.896 1989-90  Washington Capitals         NHL    48  2793  150   3  2  3.22  23  18   5  1212  0.890 1990-91  Baltimore Skipjacks         AHL     2   120    3   0  0  1.50   2   0   0    49  0.942 1990-91  Washington Capitals         NHL    45  2572  113   3  5  2.64  20  18   3   982  0.897 1991-92  Washington Capitals         NHL    54  3108  166   2  1  3.20  29  17   6  1269  0.884 1991-92  Baltimore Skipjacks         AHL     3   184   10   0  0  3.26   1   1   1    64  0.865 1992-93  Washington Capitals         NHL    58  3282  181   7  1  3.31  27  23   5  1349  0.882 1993-94  Washington Capitals         NHL    53  2853  135   3  2  2.84  24  16   8   987  0.880 1994-95  Ottawa Senators             NHL    38  2161  121   3  1  3.36   8  25   3  1046  0.896 1995-96  Ottawa Senators             NHL    33  1770  110   9  1  3.73   6  23   0   782  0.877 1995-96  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL     8   336   26   1  0  4.64   0   5   0   144  0.847 1996-97  St. John's Maple Leafs      AHL    47  2623  128   2  3  2.93  24  16   4  1130  0.898 1996-97  Toronto Maple Leafs         NHL     3   110   10   1  0  5.45   0   3   0    50  0.833 1996-97  Utah Grizzlies              IHL     4   238   13   0  0  3.27   2   2   0    93  0.877 

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] External links

• Don Beaupre's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Don Beaupre hockeygoalies profile
• Beaupre Aerial Equipment